Ephedra Diet Pills
Ephedra diet pills are considered by some to be hardcore weight loss supplements. Ephedra is known as both a stimulant and a thermogen. I.E It is said to increase mental alertness and energy levels while at the same time promote fat burning. The compounds in Ephedra stimulate the brain, increase blood pressure and raise heart rate.
Ephedra Diet Pills are made from the plant Ephedra sinica, which has been used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years. In Chinese Ephedra is known as ma huang.
Unfortunately while many people take ephedra diet pills they have been associated with some seriously unpleasant side effects and indeed a number of deaths. As a result of this FDA banned the sale of Ephedra diet pills from 2004. Despite the ban many weight loss and body building enthusiasts continue to use them and indeed it is still easy to purchase ephedra diet pills over the internet. Although it is important to point out that many supplements purporting to be genuine ephedra diet pills have actually replaced ephedra with other stimulants such as bitter orange.
Bitter orange is sometimes known as “legal” ephedra as used in the formulation of many ephedra based diet pills.. Bitter Orange essentially refers to a citrus tree and its fruit. Like ephedra is has been used in traditional herbal medicine for thousands of years. It is said to be both a strong appetite suppressor and herbal stimulant. Many weight loss supplements manufactures like to market ephedra diet pills that contain bitter orange as ephedra free or legal ephedra. In some ways they hope that the supplements still have the same appeal as if they contain real ephedra. Whether bitter orange is safer than ephedra is open to some debate. Although there hasn’t extensive scientific testing on bitter orange, the little that has been done has shown that bitter orange may have the same unpleasant. In certain cases, people who have used bitter orange have had adverse side effects such as strokes and even seizure. Furthermore there is almost no scientific evidence to suggest that ephedra diet pills that contain bitter orange to have positive long term effect on weight loss.
Ephedra diet pills are used by both athletes and people who are trying to lose weight. Although in both cases there is little evidence that ephedra based supplements have any positive value. For example when tested against a placebo, ephedra diet pills helped a test subject lose more than 0.9 kgs/month more, although it was not noted whether this weight loss was sustained. Some athletes also like to use ephedra as they believe that it improves performance, although whether it actually does is open to some debate.
In conclusion we recommend exercises extreme caution when taking ephedra diet pills, even the so called legal ones which use bitter orange as a substitute. Although ephedra diet pills may be banned in the US it is still possible to buy them over the internet. Remember that there is likely to be little quality control and it could seriously put your health at risk. If you are looking for a specific supplement always do you research and choose only those supplements science has told us are totally safe. Exercise extreme caution if you are using ephedra diet pills.
